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Report: Disney to Merge Internet Group, Video Game Business

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 5, 2008 - 10:41am.

Los Angeles - Disney (NYSE: DIS) plans to merge its Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) online unit with its Disney Interactive Studios video game business to form a new unit to be called Disney Interactive Media Group, PaidContent reported, citing an internal memo from Disney CEO Bob Iger. The new unit is expected to be led by current WDIG president Steve Wadsworth.

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CES: Disney’s CEO Bob Iger Puts Digital Efforts “On Steroids”

Authored by Jay Baage on January 9, 2007 - 7:01am.
Disney CEO, Bob Iger, CES 2007Las Vegas - Bob Iger, Disney’s CEO, showed that Disney is thinking beyond selling content on iTunes by keynoting at CES in Las Vegas the day before Apple’s MacWorld Expo opens in San Francisco Tuesday. His vision for the next steps in Disney’s digital evolution include: MMOGs (massively multiplayer online games), virtual worlds and a redesigned website including the new online experience DXD.
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